we've got tory mp mark francois callum robertson for the lib dems and reform uk chairman zaheer yusuf so what's not to love? and this week a labour mp stands accused of battering a constituent as this budget just about knocked you out cold. all right. we are raring to go here. the budget gets the gb news treatment next. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. it's just gone 9:00. rachel reeves has raised taxes by £40 billion, increasing the burden to its highest level since 1993. first, a 6.7% increase to the minimum wage, bringing it to £12.21 and a rise in national insurance for employers to 15%. vat will be introduced on private school fees in 2025, while non—dom tax status is set to be abolished . capital gains to be abolished. capital gains tax will rise with the lower rate moving from 10% to 18%, and inheritance tax thresholds will be frozen until 2030. a £2.3 billion boost goes to schools with tripled funding for breakfast clubs and an additional 2.9 billion will also be directed to the ministry of defence. but the shadow chancellor, jeremy hunt , says chancell

loughborough, we've got jeevun sandher, the federal board member for the liberal democrats, callum robertson uk chairman zaheer yusuf and the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, mark francois. now , just before i go francois. now, just before i go to my audience, i think it would be a bit silly if i didn't just get a very quick synopsis from each of you about how you feel about budgets gone. i'll start. i'll start with you. i'm assuming you're quite pleased with it. yeah. the first labour budget for 15 years. >> look, i was hopeful and excited for the budget. and now afterwards, i'm incredibly pleased as we start to rebuild prosperity in this country, building for growth. so wages start to rise again. investing in our schools, which are crumbling, where half of them, of course, don't have specialist maths teachers and those of you who can't get a hospital appointment today are a lot more investment for the nhs. because when 3 million are out of work, because they're too sick, it's clear those services need investment. today's when we start to rebuild this country. i'm very pleased to